Pole Baker’s defiant street scene and vow to change
Alan Bishop helps Pole Baker on a street case and the town’s crackdown on his drunken mischief. Pole, jailed for contempt in Barrett’s court, pledges to quit whisky for his family and to repay Alan, while Pole’s wife and the child sleep as he contemplates a new start.
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Iller
Alan
Old Trabue
Pole Baker
Trabue
Rayburn
Johnston
Pole
Nick
Webb
Bill Barrett
Barrett
Bill
Alan Bishop
Jeff Dukes
Pea Vine
Polo
Harry
Mrs. Baker
Sally
Shorely
Yole
Luke Sellmore
Billy
Discovery of Condensed Milk Explained by Milk Dealer
An 1854 story recounts Mrs Albert Cashinger adapting milk for a sick child to travel from New Orleans to New York. Her method inspired early makers, who later produced the first sellable condensed milk in Galveston, while she died poor as factories profited.
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New Orleans
New York
Albert Cashinger
Galveston
Louisville Herald
Making Clay Pipes From New Jersey to the Market
The New York Times details how clay pipes are made in Woodbridge New Jersey. Workers soak clay, knead it in a pug mill, mold pipes in iron or brass molds, air dry, shave joints, and fire in saggers to a white finish.
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New Jersey
Woodbridge
New York Times
Burns as practical musician shaped by popular tunes
A writer notes Robert Burns matched songs to popular music and learned tunes by repetition. He refused unfamiliar airs until mastering them and his letters reveal precise musical instructions, showing Burns as a practical musician familiar with hundreds of Scottish national airs.
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Burns
Chicago and North Western Train Schedule Notes
Rail timetable details for east west south and north routes from Chicago and North Western. Lists train numbers arrival and departure times, Sunday service gaps, baggage rules, and notes by G. W. Rogmra. Names Ames Carroll Sioux City Omaha details appear among schedule entries.
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Overland Limited
Portland
Atlantic Express
Om &Chicago
Listp
Ames
Pacific Pees
Pam
Colorado & Org
Colorado
Neb. & Dak
Carroll
Going South
Ham Ga
Mail Papree
Ham
Sioux City
Dakota & Dea M
Norte
Dakota Express
I. Odm Bt. Pasc
Chicago & Carroll Pas
Chicago Express
Names of Animals in Ancient Terms
The camel's oldest name gamal or the beast with the hump may be a loan word from Semitic speech but lacks true Semitic derivation. The elephant name ab or hab appears in Tamil Sanskrit Egyptian and Semitic speech likely invented in or near India. Horse names vary though all trace to roots meaning to run or be speedy. taming arose in early civilization after Asiatic stock separation.
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India
Scottish Review
The Farm Ownership Message and Maxwell's Talisman
The article urges farmers to own land, arguing ownership brings happiness and restfulness. It notes tenant instability hinders prosperity, since frequent moves prevent accumulation of wealth and assets. The passage references Maxwell's Talisman as a title or quoted work.
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Maxwell
Be wiser than other people if you can but do not tell them so
A brief maxim notes wisdom is best shown through deeds rather than boastful words. The quote urges restraint and humility, warning that arrogance undermines true insight.
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Flab
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Abner
Harben
Westerfelt
HARPER @ BROS
Br’jlin
Pete
Chicago & North Western
Railway
G. W. Rogmra
A. & C. Railway
College
Ns. A A
Aves Col
A.M
Ave College
A. M
Leave Ames
Visics Gcessoenks
P.M. OU
Og Niale Cea
DeWitt
BE. C. Dewitt & CO
Chicago
Judison Bros
Meat Market
Story County Abstract Books
Nevada
Iowa
Madison Medicine Co
Madison
Wis
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